Improvement in washing-machines



LOUIS FABRE.

Improvement i-n Washing-Machines.

N0. 125,324, Patented Apr\30,l872.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS PARRE, OF MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,324, dated April30, 187 2.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS PARRE, of Mendota, in the county oi' La Salleand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description of the same, reference being had t0 theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention has for its object the production oi' a washing-machinewhich shall be simple in its construction, and yet be capable inoperation of washing quickly and easily without injury to the clothes.

In the drawing, Fig. l represents a longitudinal sectional elevation,and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional elevation of my improved washing-machine.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe 'ully its construction and manner of 0peration.

A represents the box or case, which is supported upon any suitablestandards a a, as shown. B represents a frame, having rollers b b hungin suitable bearings in its sides, which frame receives a reciprocatingmovement from levers C C, pivoted at c to the sides of the case. Thelower ends of these levers rest in recesses in the sides of the frame,and are slotted to inclose a pin attached to the frame, as indicated inFig. l, by which means connection is made between the levers and theframe. The upper ends of the levers are united by a cross-bar, c', Fig.2. D represents a rubbingboard, centrally pivoted to the perpendiculararms of the bent frame E e F f, which frame has journals at the point ofunion of its perpendicular and horizontal arms, as shown at Fig. 2. Thehorizontal arms are pivoted at Fig. 1, to a slide, g, moving in ways gg', as shown. H represents a handle, attached to the cross-bar c', whichhandle is connected to the frame E e F f, carrying the rubbing-board D,by means of the connecting-bar I.

The operation is somewhat as follows: The water and clothing to bewashed having been placed in the case, the handle H is given aforward-and-backward movement by the operator. This movement of thehandle, through the levers C, gives a reciprocating movement to theframe B, and also to the frame E e Ff, but in opposite directions, onebeing connected above and the other below the pivoted points of thelevers. In addition to the reciprocating movement, a downward pressureis exerted upon the rubbing-board by means of the connecting-rod I. Thispressure may be regulated at will by the operator who actuates thehandle H. The clothing is manipulated between the rubbing-board androllers, and all dirt is thus extracted without injury to it.

The machine as a whole is simple in its construction, and is welladapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the frame E e F f, the pivoted rubbing-board D,and the slides, as described.

2. The combination of the levers C, frames B E e Ff, board D, slide g,handle H, and rod I. the said combination being such as to rendercapable a reciprocating movement of the frame, and also a verticalmovement of the rubbing-board, as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of March, 1872.

LOUIS PARRE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH HUNTER, M. A. MCKEY, L. B. GRooKER.

